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John King-Farlow and Sean O'Connell, Self-Conflict and Self Healing (review)Philosophy in Review 8 223-225. 1988.
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28Moral character is explored in all its dimensions: virtues, vices, attitudes, emotions, commitments, and personal relationships, in addition to right and wrong conduct. The aim is to stimulate personal reflection and group dialogue, rather than to offer solutions. It seeks to sharpen ideas which we use as tools in coping responsibly with our daily lives.
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1EpistemologyIn A. C. Grayling (ed.), Philosophy 1: A Guide Through the Subject, Oxford University Press. 1998.
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3Terence Penelhum, Butler (The Arguments of the Philosophers) Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 6 (10): 521-524. 1986.
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Suffering in Happy LivesIn Lisa Bortolotti (ed.), Philosophy and Happiness, Palgrave-macmillan. pp. 100--115. 2009.
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13Conflict of interest and physical therapyIn Michael Davis & Andrew Stark (eds.), Conflict of Interest in the Professions, Oxford University Press. pp. 314--332. 2001.
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17Zimmerling, R. y V. RühIe, Alber, Beiträge zur Philosophie aus SpanienLogos. Anales Del Seminario de Metafísica [Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España] 27 343. 1993.Sin resumen
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34La función del noema en la constitución intencional del objetoLogos. Anales Del Seminario de Metafísica [Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España] 27 339. 1992.Sin resumen
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30Religion Ethics and ProfessionalismProfessional Ethics, a Multidisciplinary Journal 3 (2): 17-35. 1994.
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66Responsibility for Health and Blaming VictimsJournal of Medical Humanities 22 (2): 95-114. 2001.If we are responsible for taking care of our health, are we blameworthy when we become sick because we failed to meet that responsibility? Or is it immoral to blame the victim of sickness? A moral perspective that is sensitive to therapeutic concerns will downplay blame, but banishing all blame is neither feasible nor desirable. We need to understand the ambiguities surrounding moral responsibility in four contexts: (1) preventing sickness, (2) assigning financial liabilities for health care cos…Read more
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45Love's ConstancyPhilosophy 68 (263). 1993.‘Marital faithfulness’ refers to faithful love for a spouse or lover to whom one is committed, rather than the narrower idea of sexual fidelity. The distinction is clearly marked in traditional wedding vows. A commitment to love faithfully is central: ‘to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part… and thereto I plight [pledge] thee my troth [faithfulness]’. Sexual fidelity is promi…Read more
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181Personal meaning and ethics in engineeringScience and Engineering Ethics 8 (4): 545-560. 2002.The study of engineering ethics tends to emphasize professional codes of ethics and, to lesser degrees, business ethics and technology studies. These are all important vantage points, but they neglect personal moral commitments, as well as personal aesthetic, religious, and other values that are not mandatory for all members of engineering. This paper illustrates how personal moral commitments motivate, guide, and give meaning to the work of engineers, contributing to both self-fulfillment and p…Read more
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72Moral creativity in science and engineeringScience and Engineering Ethics 12 (3): 421-433. 2006.Creativity in science and engineering has moral significance and deserves attention within professional ethics, in at least three areas. First, much scientific and technological creativity constitutes moral creativity because it generates moral benefits, is motivated by moral concern, and manifests virtues such as beneficence, courage, and perseverance. Second, creativity contributes to the meaning that scientists and engineers derive from their work, thereby connecting with virtues such as auth…Read more
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35Alcoholism as sickness and wrongdoingJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 29 (2). 1999.It is now commonplace to call persons sick when their wrongdoing becomes entrenched, extensive, and extreme. This mixing of moral and therapeutic categories seems incoherent if we uncritically embrace a morality-therapy dichotomy: Behavioral problems like alcoholism are either moral or therapeutic matters, but not both. This paper dissolves the dichotomy by arguing that chronically abusive drinking is simultaneously a sickness and wrongdoing. Alcoholism is at least partly a self-inflicted impair…Read more
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136Happiness and virtue in positive psychologyJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 37 (1). 2007.Positive psychologists aspire to study the moral virtues, as well as positive emotions, while retaining scientific objectivity. Within this framework, Martin Seligman, a founder of positive psychology, offers an empirically-based argument for an ancient and venerable theme: happiness can be increased by exercising the virtues. Seligman's project is promising, but it needs to pay greater attention to several methodological matters: greater care in defining happiness, so as to avoid smuggling in v…Read more
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52Paradoxes of moral motivationJournal of Value Inquiry 39 (3-4): 299-308. 2005.In suggesting that “philanthropy is almost the only virtuewhich is sufficiently appreciated by mankind,” Thoreau did not wish to denigrate charity, but he took offense when even minor Christian leaders were ranked above Newton, Shakespeare, and other creative individuals “who by their lives and works are a blessing to mankind.”1 Such individuals might be motivated primarily by caring for nonmoral goods, such as scientific truth, aesthetic appreciation, or creative achievement. Yet, paradoxically…Read more
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85Moral CreativityInternational Journal of Applied Philosophy 20 (1): 55-66. 2006.Moral creativity consists in identifying, interpreting, and implementing moral values in ways that bring about new and morally valuable results, often in response to an unprecedented situation. It does not mean inventing values subjectively, as Sartre and Nietzsche suggested. Moral creativity plays a significant role in meeting role responsibilities, exercising leadership, developing social policies, and living authentically in light of moral ideals. Kenneth R. Feinberg’s service in compensating…Read more
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30Creativity: Ethics and Excellence in ScienceLexington Books. 2007.Creativity explores the moral dimensions of creativity in science in a systematic and comprehensive way. A work of applied philosophy, professional ethics, and philosophy of science, the book argues that scientific creativity often constitutes moral creativity—the production of new and morally variable outcomes. At the same time, creative ambitions have a dark side that can lead to professional misconduct and harmful effects on society and the environment
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15Of Mottos and Morals: Simple Words for Complex VirtuesRowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2012.Whether in slogans, catchphrases, adages or proverbs, we encounter mottos every day, but we rarely take time to reflect on them. In Of Mottos and Morals: Simple Words for Complex Virtues, Martin explores the possibility that mottos themselves are worthy of serious thought, examining how they contribute to moral guidance and help us grapple with complexity
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1John King-Farlow and Sean O'Connell, Self-Conflict and Self Healing Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 8 (6): 223-225. 1988.
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55Morality and mental health are now inseparably linked in our view of character. Alcoholics are sick, yet they are punished for drunk driving. Drug addicts are criminals, but their punishment can be court ordered therapy. The line between character flaws and personality disorders has become fuzzy, with even the seven deadly sins seen as mental disorders. In addition to pathologizing wrong-doing, we also psychologize virtue; self-respect becomes self-esteem, integrity becomes psychological integra…Read more
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9Rationalization and responsibility: A reply to WhisnerJournal of Social Philosophy 23 (2): 176-184. 1992.
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39Provoking Thoughts on Professionalism (review)International Journal of Applied Philosophy 16 (2): 279-283. 2002.In this book, Michael Davis, one of the most insightful writers on professional ethics, substantially revises and integrates fifteen of his previously published articles, making them available to a wider audience. Several professions are emphasized: law, engineering, and police work (including international law enforcement). Yet the topics discussed have relevance to all areas of professional ethics: defining professions, the moral authority of professional codes, intelligently interpreting code…Read more
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10Memoir Ethics: Good Lives and the VirtuesLexington Books. 2016.Memoir Ethics: Good Lives and the Virtues is a philosophical study of moral themes in memoirs. It explores how memoirists present and defend perspectives on good lives. Particular attention is paid to the interplay of the virtues, including their interplay with additional types of values in good lives. More generally, it explores the relevance of memoir to moral philosophy and, in turn, how moral philosophy enters into elucidating and critiquing memoirs.
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